File:BeastMaster cast.JPG
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Summary
Publicity photo for BeastMaster television series created by Sylvio Tabet. © 1999 Alliance Atlantis Communications, Coote Hayes Productions & Tribune Entertainment
Fair use rationale
- The image is a publicity photo released by the network which owns the copyright, intended for wide distribution to promote the show.
- The image is of a character and content discussed in the article text.
- The image does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the show or DVDs in any way.
- The image's inclusion in the article is important because it illustrates content discussed in the text, a recurring cast of the series.
- The image is being used for informational purposes only.
- The image is being used to illustrate the television show in question.
Licensing
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- on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation;
qualifies as fair use under Copyright law of the United States. Any other usage of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Publicity photos.
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